Scoring – Seamless Doubling Isn’t Always Identical
Extreme Auxiliary Instruments in Film Music
(Tip no. 5 from 100 Orchestration Tips) For every orchestral family, there are always auxiliary instruments: holdovers from older periods, like the viola d’amore or the oboe d’amore; or extensions of range like the piccolo or bass clarinet. Then there are the extreme auxiliaries, which push the range of the families in strange directions, usually…
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Diary of an Orchestrator: Dealing With Client Feedback
Have a read over the following two paragraphs, and think about which one is easier to process emotionally and practically. “Dear Hubert! Thanks so much for the first draft of my “Sonnet for a Dying Sparrow.” I feel so lucky to be working with such a talented and gifted musician as yourself, bringing my ideas…
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RadioNZ: Ravel
Composer of the Week: Ravel http://on-demand.radionz.co.nz/appt/appt-20111013-1900-appointment_for_13_oct_-_les_apaches-064.mp3 Thomas Goss explores the influence on Ravel’s music and career of his social circle ‘Les Apaches’, relationships that were symbolically interpreted in his piano cycle ‘Miroirs’. © Copyright Radio New Zealand
RadioNZ: Prokofiev
Composer of the Week: Prokofiev http://on-demand.radionz.co.nz/cow/cow-20120422-0915-composer_of_the_week_-_sergei_prokofiev-064.mp3 In this Composer of the Week, Prokofiev’s Soviet Homecoming, Thomas Goss looks at perceptions of Prokofiev in Russia and the pressures and ideals that compelled him to return to Moscow from Paris in 1936. What he found was not necessarily what he expected. © Copyright Radio New Zealand
RadioNZ: Boulanger
Composer of the Week: Lili Boulanger http://on-demand.radionz.co.nz/cow/cow-20120819-0900-composer_of_the_week_boulanger_for_19_august_2012-064.mp3 Thomas Goss looks at the tragically short life of Lili Boulanger, who died from Crohn’s disease at the age of 24. Despite the difficulties caused by her health, she was able to study as a composer and win the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1913. © Copyright Radio…
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RadioNZ: Adolphe Sax
RadioNZ: CPE Bach